b.
5 Jan. 1819
at
Llansannan, Denbs.
, son of
PeterRoberts
,
Calvinistic Methodist minister
. He was an
apprentice in a shop
at
Abergele
before he went to
Bala C.M. College
. He afterwards
had a shop
in
Rhuddlan
, whence he moved to
Denbigh
. He started to
preach
in the
Baptist chapel
at
Denbigh
and was ordained (
29 Sept. 1842
) as
minister
of that congregation; he ministered afterwards at
Liverpool
and at
Rhymney, Mon.
He
wrote much to journals and newspapers
and
published several works
(mainly booklets), such as
Dyddanion, neu Hanesion Difyrus a Buddiol
,
1838
;
Y Weithred o Fedyddio
,
1849
;
Cerdd Allwyn, er Coffadwriaeth am E. Jones, ‘Ieuan Gwynedd …
,’
1853
;
Palestina
,
1851
;
Y Llenor Diwylliedig, sef Llawlyfr yr Ysgrifenydd, yr Areithydd, a'r Bardd
,
1862
;
Mel-Ddyferion Barddonawl
,
1862
— for a fuller list see the short memoir (by his nephew,
EdwardJones
,
Pwllheli
) in
Gwaith Barddonol Iorwerth Glan Aled
(
Liverpool
,
1890
). He was married twice. He d. at
Rhyl
,
18 Feb. 1867
, and was buried at
Llansannan
.

Sources:

Eminent Welshmen: a short biographical dictionary of Welshmen ... from the earliest times to the present
(1908)
, and the sources listed therein;